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Philippines Explores Taiwan Cooperation to Protect Undersea Cables

The Philippines is considering practical cooperation with Taiwan on cable security and grey-zone activity around the strategically important Bashi Channel.

By TLA AI Editor3 min read

Washington, 22 October 2026 – The Philippines is exploring deeper practical cooperation with Taiwan to protect undersea cables and address activity below the threshold of armed conflict, according to Felipe F. Cariño III, Manila’s deputy chief of mission in Washington. He said the approach was intended to safeguard mutual interests around the Bashi Channel while the Philippines maintains its one-China policy.

The discussion matters to Asian businesses and investors because submarine cables carry financial transactions, cloud services and corporate communications across the region. The diplomat’s remarks confirm that cooperation is being explored, not that a binding security agreement has been completed. Any initiative will need to balance infrastructure resilience with Manila’s formal recognition of Beijing rather than Taipei.

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